This article contains a list of useful plants, meaning a plant that has been or can be co-opted by humans to fulfill a particular need. Rather than listing all plants on one page, this page instead collects the lists and categories for the different ways in which a plant can be used; some plants may fall into several of the categories or lists below, and some lists overlap (for example, the term "crop" covers both edible and non-edible agricultural products).

Edible plants

* :Edible plants ** :Cereals **

List of edible flowers This is a list of edible flowers. See also * List of culinary herbs and spices * List of edible nuts * Lists of useful plants References {{DEFAULTSORT:Edible flowers flowers, edible flowers, edible ' flowers, edible flowers, edible ' ...

** :Forages ** :Grains ** :Spices **

List of culinary herbs and spices This is a list of culinary herbs and spices. Specifically these are Food additive, food or drink additives of botanical origin used in small, nutritionally insignificant, quantities for mainly Seasoning, flavoring, often garnish (food), garnis ...

Fruits and vegetables

* :Fruit ** :Edible nuts and seeds * :Vegetables ** :Inflorescence vegetables ** :Leaf vegetables ** :Root vegetables ** :Edible seaweeds ** :Stem vegetables

Forestry

* :Wood ** :Shrubs ** :Trees

Medicine, drugs, psychoactives

1. :Medicinal plants 2. :Medicinal herbs and fungi 3. List of Plants Used for Smoking

Other economic purposes

* :Crops ** :Energy crops * List of beneficial weeds

References

External links

Plants For A FuturePermaculture Information WebPlant Resources of Tropical Africa (PROTA)Lost Crops of Africa: Volume 1: GrainsLost Crops of the IncasBibliography on underutilized roots and tubers cropsAustralian New Crops Web Site
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UN Centre for the Alleviation of Poverty through Secondary Crops' Development in Asia and the Pacific (UNCAPSA)ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization)
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